UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-2100
ROBERT THOMAS PAYNE,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
MICHELLE K. LEE, Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Director of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office; RINALDI RADA, United States
Patent and Trademark Office; SARAH MONFELDT, United States
Patent and Trademark Office; TOM HAMMOND, United States
Patent and Trademark Office; STEPHEN JOHNSON, United States
Patent and Trademark Office; KATHY MATECKI, United States
Patent and Trademark Office; ANNE MENDEZ, United States
Patent and Trademark Office; CAPTAIN EVERETTE BRADFORD,
United States Patent and Trademark Office; PATROL VICTOR
HARVEY, United States Patent and Trademark Office; KELLY
HENSLEY, United States Patent and Trademark Office; KEVIN
LEWIS, United States Patent and Trademark Office; JOE
BURNS, United States Patent and Trademark Office;
ALEXANDRIA POLICE AGENTS, Police Department, Alexandria
Virginia; HOMELAND SECURITY AGENTS, Homeland Security;
INSPECTOR GENERAL, Department of Commerce; JAMES PAYNE,
United States Patent and Trademark Office; SARAH HARRIS,
United States Patent and Trademark Office; FREDERICK
STECKLER, United States Patent and Trademark Office;
DOMINICK MURACCO, Department of Commerce, OIG; CECELIA
WILSON, United States Patent and Trademark Office; KAREN W.
KARLINCHAK, United States Patent and Trademark Office; MARK
KRIEGER, Department of Commerce, OIG; JENNIFER R. SEIFERT,
United States Patent and Trademark Office; MARIA CAMPO,
United States Patent and Trademark Office; SHARREIFF NASID,
United States Patent and Trademark Office; BRIAN CEDAR,
United States Patent and Trademark Office; ANDREW FAILE,
United States Patent and Trademark Office; AGENT COREY
JOHNSON, Home Land Security,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Senior
District Judge. (1:15-cv-01268-CMH-IDD)
Submitted: February 16, 2017 Decided: February 21, 2017
Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, DUNCAN, Circuit Judge, and
HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Robert Thomas Payne, Appellant Pro Se. Dennis Carl Barghaan,
Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Robert Thomas Payne appeals the district court’s order
denying relief on his complaint filed pursuant to Bivens v. Six
Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388
(1971). We have reviewed the record and find no reversible
error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the
district court. Payne v. Lee, No. 1:15-cv-01268-CMH-IDD (E.D.
Va. July 25, 2016). We dispense with oral argument because the
facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the
materials before this court and argument would not aid the
decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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